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RBMA's LEARN seminar is currently 50 percent full, with space for more registrants. Join your colleagues for an opportunity to spend three days of learning about the current state of affairs in Washington, D.C., and expanding your knowledge of legislative issues affecting radiology today.

We need 100 percent participation to reach our goal to help shape future policies and amplify the radiology industry's voice during our visit to Capitol Hill, where numbers are important. Let's make this a sell-out for radiology! Please join us and help us make a difference!

LEARN
Sept. 10-12
The Ritz Carlton, Tysons Corner
McLean, Virginia

There are only a handful of rooms available at the seminar hotel at the discounted rate of $229 per night (the published rate is $689). If you would like to reserve a room, contact Liz Mugo by Sept. 1.

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Radiology Hot Topics is a bi-weekly poll that each member is invited to participate in. Each online poll consists of one question on a topic of general interest; respondents are directed to current results when they submit their response.

In case you miss your email invitation, you can now access the Hot Topics poll quickly and easily by visiting the RBMA website and clicking on the Hot Topic icon right on the homepage. No more searching through the website.

Final results are also posted on the RBMA website in PDF format.

This week's question is: Which types of PAID leave do you offer your employees and physicians? It can be answered here.

Join your colleagues for some excellent educational sessions and camaraderie. For more details and to register, click here.

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The AtlanticNext month, the Senate will try a novel approach to break away from seven years of polarization on health care: actual committee hearings, with expert witnesses and input from lawmakers in both parties.
And if those go well, Congress could see an even unlikelier development — the advance of viable, bipartisan legislation to fix parts of the Affordable Care Act.READ MORE